New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-01
uIGHER LAW AGITATION.
THE LIBERAL PLAN OF CAMPAIGN AGAINST
COERCION.

TIE LIBERAL PLAN OF CAMPAIGN AGAINST
~. COERCION.
BII-sUBsiDizING TIE CUNARD cOMPANf-
PROFESSOR HUxLEY's REPLY TO THE
DUKE OF ARGYLL
my CABLE TO THE TRIBUNEl
(vpyrisat 1887 North America" ea0' "'"' W.
iospoN March 3l.-The note OF the rap'aV
rising agitation in ENGLAND against the ne" ooo'
rim bin is the same which w. II. Seward sounoeo
in the phrase higher law" Both ln MI: "i'N'
stone,s snee,h on tuesday in the House OF Nom'
mans and Mr. John Morley's yesterday outside Is
d,scoverable tendency to deny the s"hcc"y VI
the law as law. Private conceptions Oh JusV'e
are hcnceforth to be set UP against inc J"oShen'
Of the ma Ority as declared by sIa'uVo' Inc
spirit is the same which forces Mr. U@os1ohe Y"
thc front OF the rarty which expresses lts o's',he
=, the proposed measure by obstruction in Parlia
meut Mr. Gladstone means TO sanction neither nie
ra,rv in Ireland nor unpar iamentary methods in
shc House, but he abandons Tor the tlme peihs
the ground he took W when defending his own
eoe,, ION measures, and occupies position not un
like that OF the ParLc,lites when they protested
AGAINST p. frst Crimes Act. Undoubtedly inc
crisis is, "a Mr. John Morley says, grave one
The Liberal leieis seem resolved 10 90 all leIsthS
In promoting a itst,on against Mr. Baiiours pi'''
No itnr ortan.e need be attached TO the iichhieu
cries 10 arms which appeM In Inc Ian i'n
tRzette.p IL is the attitude Of sane, serious men
which is OF importance.
MIR. Morley,s speech Is but the prelude to organ
ized action Mr.. Scbnadhorst, the caucus King
Is setting his machinery in motion, ana meetings
are to be held indoors and out. Dcmohslr8V'ohs
on o great scale all over the country arc planned
Ihe Irish in the House Of Commons arc cAui'i'is
in tho security they think the Liberal alliance
gives thcin and arc in all but oIen revolt against
tho autL ority of the Speaker and tic House tscii
Nr t:ladsloue was challenged by Mr.. Goschcn to
condemn Tie &C; ION of the National Lea;uc III
ireland in substituting its authority Tor that oil
the Queen lie condemns OutrA,c, but points OUT
that tho particular form Of outrage when hdu
shocked the House cutting of tho hair OF q siti
and rOuring Pitch on her hcad-was the inVcii'ioh
and practice of highlands soidicry Who ruieu ic'
land before the union. Mr. Morley attacks Che
proyision of the Coercion bill for summary Juris
ttion by dscrcditin ma ista atcs who alc 10 eXe.-
Csc Jurlstiic.ion
These nov cities in political discussion by the
Liberal chiefs are but samples, but thcy SHOW
clearly tie dn cction things are taahS. Inc
Ministry have declared they will stand or lal os
Coercion. They may drop certain PROVISIONS o'
their bil, but tley must SUCK TO ts p'
which is that of governing Ireland against the
wish Of a majority of the Irish people by eNccp-
t,onal methods unknown IN England The LID
e,als knowing thcy are in the minority In the
House and Loacless Of dctachlns III body ehe
I,bcra, Inionlsts from the Ministerial alliance
pcan TO oppcal from Parliament to the country
Ibcy cannot force dissolution, and Their real
hare Is to b. ing pressure TO bear on members hoh'
constituencies
Tho capacity of the Cunard Company for driv'
ing a BARGAIN with the Government was prov ed
by MIR. Burls's speech at It's annual meeting yes
tc,xlay. lie has induced the Admiralty TO agree
To a subsidy of $4,000 a year, besides pay ina
tor NIL fittings and the cost Of equipment Ii the
nostal contract is terminated before i've years Tie
lioy ernment pays the Cunard Company nhc oi
$4,000 year in the shale OF an increased su''
sidy Mr. Burns's tone i'll these circumstances
was naturally OF triumph thouah ho''h's
seems to have been said on the delicate question
OF dividends to sha eiioldeis.
Mr. Uuxleys reply to the Duke OF Argyll III
"The Nineteenth Century for Aprli dlsposes
among other things OF the Dukes singular s'oi!
of a rev olt against the lei9n vi terror WHICH,
acsordIp. to the Duke, had been estachshed III
the s. icutiiic world under the namc OF Dar"ii''ii
Mr. NuNley replies that neither the Ieign OF terror
nor a revolt against 1t had been hcard OF a0 al IA
the scientific woi Id, which J. lbs indecorousiy AT
the notion of an existence eithcr AS ior 'ii'
uuAley's intention OF JoiDn5 N any p'oleso asa''s'
DaIwinism, he scouts the suggestion as HiiuS''"
mer madness and leafims his entire and hearty
SYMPATHY with the intellectual moVcmchc 'c
which that name has been gwen.
The sentence Of three months Imprisonment and
$1,000 fine imposed James Davis is one o
AIR. Justice Hawl>ins's most righteous popular acts
"Iho Bat" which Mr. Davis OWNS and ed'ts Is
PEI haIs the least reputable paper oil It's class univ
ing upon reckless personalities Inc lioei on M'
Peck was q bad onc but the paper has made
libel its speciality. G' W. D.